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The reception areas need to be redone. The reviews written there are pathetically biased and negative to one of the greatest writers of all time. — Preceding unsigned comment added by JoshuaTedder ( talk • contribs) 20:29, 23 June 2014 (UTC) reply

LOL. They are just jealous that they never wrote anything as wonderful as these books are. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.51.145.103 ( talk) 07:41, 28 April 2016 (UTC) reply

The New York Times review by Judith Shulevitz shouldn't be discussed as an original review; it's from 2001. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.102.99.20 ( talk) 20:16, 19 December 2017 (UTC) reply

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